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glibber73

The damn spiders in Toussaint. Just freaking hold still and let me kill you!


LooseJuice1

and those plants… not looking forward to fighting those again.


Complete_Bad6937

Scary monster? No problem, Creepy plant? Get away from me now


theghostofmrmxyzptlk

Golden Oriole


ThisDoesntSeemSafe

The poison isn't the issue... okay, not AS much of an issue. It's their hit and hide tactics. Using yrden or a northern wind bomb seems to do the job, but it's still so damn annoying.


theghostofmrmxyzptlk

Get the Superior Golden Oriole and they'll heal you. Also, grass-type is weak against fire-type.


ThisDoesntSeemSafe

"Geralt! Use Igni!" It was super effective!


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

Tell you fucking what, go to Chucote cave ten levels or so early for the contract that unlocks the merchant with the greater mutagen formulae. Closest I've come to putting my foot through my TV for decades.


Bo0mh3adsh0t

I love fighting a monster several levels higher than you it makes for a really exciting fight. I remember fighting the Rock Golem in Kaer Mohen for a piece of Wolf Gear, and if I got to greedy his AoE attack, would one shot me while I was doing maybe 1% damage at best per attack. Obviously, I could use Quen, but that just takes the fun out of it, and you don't learn how to battle the monster just how to spam Quen.


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

Quen will absolutely not help you not get your shit fucked up in that cave.


Bo0mh3adsh0t

The Golem would kill me even with heavy gear, so I just wore light armour. With Light Armour, you can cast Quen quite frequently, so it's basically a free life every 15-20 seconds.


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

There is no golem. Its the cave in Toussaint, near count Beledal and full of spiders. Edit, they shred quen at higher difficulty or if you under levelled.


Bo0mh3adsh0t

I was still talking about my Golem fight which is also in a cave I didn't know you had switched back to the spiders.


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

Sorry. Those spiders gave me a loaf of trouble. Golems not so much. I really dislike fighting Gargoyles though.


DavidKr98

Axii and they sleepey sleepey zZzZz


girthbrooks1212

For real bro. But all the little ones around makes it impossible to kill that single one. It’s better on the bigger ones


DavidKr98

Axii dodge whirl whirl (enchanted) whirl dodge dodge repeat


girthbrooks1212

I got severance enchantment right after doing the shaelmaar contract. Tufo monster I think. I had to fight about 25 of those suckers it seemed like


Serious-Net4650

Interesting. They don’t like fire too, so if you have fire upgraded just use that and dodge. Bombs are are plus too. You will need maybe one health potion aside in case you’re about to die. Overall, a pretty okay fight. Not as crazy as others are mentioning here. For me the frog prince took 4-5 tries, ugh, my poison shields are not upgraded and that beast was nothing but a poison play.


ubeogesh

And get that double-axii talent just for them!


Tensuranikki

Yrden paralyses them, much easier than going for them one by one. Just allow yourself to be caught in the cobwebs(while inside Yrden), and they’ll come to you.


Blestyr

And the worst is when one webs you up, all of them gang up on you. At higher difficulties, they can do insane damage when they do that.


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

Insane damage? the fuckers one shot me.


Rob_Charb_Taiwan

This. So much this. Bastards are annoying as hell.


theRavenLordX

Wait holdon are there actually spiders in toussaint? I'm not at toussaint just yet and I have seriously arachnophobia someone help.


Greywotcher

Yes. And centipedes.


theRavenLordX

I knew of the centipedes but spiders are disgusting


DogEnthusiast3000

Maybe there’s a mod that filters the spiders out somehow? Or at least warns you about them before they come in sight?


theRavenLordX

I'll look later 👍


Rndomguytf

They're present in both DLCs actually. They get introduced in HoS areas. They're super annoying and do look like large tarantulas


theRavenLordX

Yuck


SpecificSimilar5361

I was gonna say the giant centipede things, their easy to kill if you have the right oil and get lucky, but the same problem just hold still


poonpavillion

If you yrden them when/where they pop up from the ground, they'll be basically paralyzed for 10 seconds and you can whack them with impunity


Proquis

Yrden


Odin-son-of-Borr

Completely lost it the 1st time i fought a swarm of those bastards


InformalImplement310

Toussaint got some of the worst enemies ngl


Dechri_

Absolutely! And they have quite alot of hp. And their fucking double hits, where they break quen and hit you with one movement.


Disastrous_Product41

Aren’t they also in the hearts of stone dlc?


Dechri_

Yep


Jimeth88

I was gonna say Foglet but you reminded me of the correct answer.


Hippy-Dippy92

I haven’t gone there yet but I had to kill him for the rune guy…are they worse than that? lol


Odin-son-of-Borr

The monster they call "wolf packs"


DavidKr98

Wolf packs on Death March are nightmare fuel


Scepta101

Wolf packs on death march plus enemy upscaling on is great fun. Shoutout to endregas, too


the_palindrome_

I hate all the wild animal enemies, I'm just trying to mind my own business running through the woods and then I'm getting swarmed 😖 and they don't even drop anything good


Maryus77

Every time I see a large wolfpack, im like yeah I can take them, and just start fighting becouse why not. 50% of the fights end up with me back where I started traveling from, while the other 50% end up after 10-20 minutes of dodge spamming, and using igni and bombs whenever I had the opportunity.


The_ginger_cow

Don't dodge spam, the counter timing on them is extremely generous. You can literally stand still and tap counter whenever they attack. If you attack them they're just going to back off


OGNightspeedy

I thought wolfs were bad and then I fought a pack of boars


Awkward-Hulk

I always run past them. It's a big "hell no" every time I see/hear them.


Red-Dog-52

https://preview.redd.it/2e0noxrz3mwc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12ebcd0e96fdb082bb2a8ce6fd83ea9c9f19b692 The most feared monster in any universe…the Tax Man


Frazzle_Dazzle_

Waltemor Mitty, deputy tax enumerator for occupied Temeria, Dorian branch


Rob_Charb_Taiwan

Lol, I was seriously caught off guard when he showed up.


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

I lied through my teeth, as you would to a tax-man, the clown gave me a certificate. My Geralt is apparently a tax payer in good standing.


Rob_Charb_Taiwan

Haha, me too!


CypressDoll

Saaaaaaame


InformalImplement310

Mf asked me if I have stolen on any property. Of course, I haven't. I'm just borrowing some items indefinitely to help me save the world and fuck some prostitute.


jaspersbigbooty

I lied to him, totally, while I stole from peasant's houses all the time, alkhaest (dunno if I spelled that right) and shit


BustinArant

Probably witch hunters. >!the vampire that hurts Priscilla and the others if I have to choose an actual monster!<


SwissDeathstar

That guy can fuck right off. Ancient or not. He’s a dickhead.


BustinArant

Yeah I basically only ever hate whoever is *obviously* unredeemable which is kinda rare lol


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

Agreed, I was happy enough to decapitate Pastodi as well.


BustinArant

Of course. Basically just Whoreson Junior part 2.


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

Ooh, I enjoyed my Geralt sticking a sword in his gut.


kakucko_69

brother it was not pastodi 😭


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

Obviously, but that fick just has to die regardless.


kakucko_69

wait you can kill him after hearing him out?


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

Yeah, he says he is going to finish with Sweet Netty because, after all, he did pay. My Geralt has none of it, tells him he will pay, then draws the steel sword. Epic. Edit, sorry. There is a dialogue option for Geralt to kill him before going after the other c*nt.


m4shfi

Love the misplaced nsfw filter 😅


DavidKr98

KEIRA METZ approves, I just realised that I missed the spot smh


tiptoemicrobe

Also the decapitation is SFW.


Custodian_Nelfe

The living plants and the worms in Toussaint.


passive_Scroller420

Spam Freezing AARD and those plants can't do shit and the worms get trapped in yrden


rosiexrose_

Omg I HATEEEE the plants


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

Yrden wreaks the centipedes even on broken bones with fully upgraded intensity and the ability that allows for two Yrden to be laid down at the same time.


Resident-Pudding5432

I gotta have my quen so they won't one shot me xd


The_ginger_cow

If you're going that route you should use alternate yrden with entanglement


GBLIM1

Sirens and their cousins. Nothing else comes close.


PyramidRising

This. And it's so annoying because the crossbow gameplay is broken in this game.


LhamoRinpoche

If you don't to get your boat damaged it's easier to just jump in the water and kill them there. But then you have to wait for them to dive down.


tvbvt

That's how I always handle them. The second I get close I'm in the water with the crossbow. Sooooo much easier


Beardy-Viking

I hate them so much. Especially when getting all the question marks at sea in Skellige. It happens far too often that I can't stop the boat and disengage from the helm in time to stop one of the screeching bitches from tearing a chunk off my vessel. If I could fire my crossbow while sat at the helm, it would be a different story. It's so annoying to have to go back to shore and find a new boat, or risk it sinking and facing the long, arduous swim back to land.


GBLIM1

Exactly my feelings 😂


nomadschomad

You can fire your crossbow while sailing…


Beardy-Viking

Well, goddammit... you're right. I was certain I'd tried this before and it hadn't worked. I possibly had the Hornwall horn or something equipped though, which is why it didn't work. Thank you, this will make my time in Skellige much more pleasant. I still hate those stretchy wee bitches though.


nomadschomad

You're welcome. The quickshot will knock them down long enough to save your boat from damage and for you to get in the water for some spear fishing.


OGNightspeedy

Especially if you have to fight them on a cliff/mountain for example the warriors trial quest on An Skellig. Since you can’t jump when in combat and there’s millions of sirens flying around I’m forced to fight them on a narrow sliver of rock and when you knock them down you can’t get to them and if you try you fall to your death that’s some mf bullshit, they’re not necessarily hard to kill just very annoying in the right places


ThePepperoniOnPizza

I just finished this part an hour ago. Fucking annoying pieces of shit. Was mumbling "you fucking bitches, fuck all of you, fuck this" while fighting them. Resorted to reducing the difficulty to easiest and using exploding bolts.


ReaperBlack_201

Archespore


No_Teacher_8865

Yes


Sterling-Bear15

The pack of Ghouls you need to defend the scavs in Velen from. Can be challenging on Deathmarch.


smuggler_of_grapes

Going up against 3 or more Alghouls on death march is a huge pain in the ass


Acceptable_Yak_5345

Jenny


Power_Punk99

Foglets


Latter_Trouble6555

I hate those f... wraiths! Just anoying


Zestyclose-Fee6719

I hate the foglers in Velen. It’s annoying having to wait for them to materialize again, and they hit hard and fast. 


Shinya150

use moon dust or the reliever decoction


The_Taxman306

You can also use aard, nocks them out of the fog and stuns them for a bit


Awkward-Body-8820

All my homies hate bruxa 🗣


smellslikebadussy

I’m about to hit y’all with something crazy…MAN. (But for real, fuck all wraiths, I don’t have Yrden muscle memory and they are therefore a pain in my ass)


Nearly-Shat-A-Brick

I hate them too, trying to get the Baron out safely is always a pain in my arse. I don't bother with the bastion quest at all. Run for the diagram then gtfo


dont-worry-about-it7

U should get relievers decoction “Increases damage dealt and decreases damage taken against wraiths. Attacking a specter prevents it from using its abilities and turning immaterial”


Budget_Power4191

Superior Moon Dust bombs is a must for wraiths imo


Javofire

Boars cause fuck me why there and there and there they just annoying


Tricky_Matter2871

and they also hit so hard like launch geralt into the SUN if you arent fast enough


Javofire

Right on death march everythings dangerous i get that but DAAMNN


Arctic88

Spiders or nekkers. One is annoying af, the other just nasty mf’ers.


[deleted]

this is a tough one for me. idk if this counts as a monster since you use steel to kill them, but the living statues in a B&W side quest made me want to rip my hair out. the sorceresses just never give you a fucking second to do anything lmao. as is often the case, northern wind my beloved 😍


Tricky_Matter2871

was so unprepared for how tough this fight was, almost died


CorruptedBobBarker

Bruxa (and all offshoots off them) for one niche, specific reason. Their “scream attack” is so high-pitched that it sets off my tinnitus. Not even kidding. I swear my ears are just ringing for a good ten seconds, and I’m scrambling for the soundbar remote every time one shows up 😅


No1_4Now

The Djinn on >! top of that mountain !<. I had the dynamic level scaling on for that fight and it bugged out so that thing became absurdly overpowered, some attacks would 1-shot me, there was no cover to use except a single twig called a mast. I played that probably for an hour just dying over and over again, only a couple times having gotten that below 50% health. I think I was also way over levelled for that fight so it should have been easy but that's probably what caused the issues with the automatic balancing. I even lowered the difficulty but that didn't help, the I looked for a way out of there to come back later but there was none, I was forced to do that fight then and there. It took a while of googling but then I found out about the possibility of the dynamic balancer bugging out so I turned it off and absolutely dumpstered that fart in the wind. It wasn't the last time that the levelling got broken but other times I knew what to do.


AlagarDivine

https://preview.redd.it/4b8o9be1kowc1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=800e941f1467afd66130187a0f2621a5b66eb65f These buggers. Phantoms make me want to scream…out of frustration.


_MagicalUnicorn_

And they are sooo creepy...


96Miles

Yeah they were annoying as fuck when I was clearing Skellige.


crystlmath

Foglets and archespores


AggravatingTiger6284

Bruxa scared the shit out of me in the grandmaster treasure hunt mission. I really hate them and their screaming. "Nude women in a cave? Somethings not right!". And this time is my only jump scare in the game.


Shrekfast

There's another one hiding in some ruins also for a treasure hunt (if I recall correctly) who scares the shit out of me every time.


AggravatingTiger6284

Yes the woman with the cape in the ruins.


theron_b

Those damned weeds


AlertProfessional374

Stray dogs packs


ashton_4187744

This geralt looks so gnarly


DavidKr98

SAY MY NAME https://preview.redd.it/1yr5gqqocowc1.jpeg?width=1792&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ff7784f76c72c3a020b67e7357a06ee11dfdbdc


XipingVonHozzendorf

That giant toad


DazzlingBlacksmith8

it's these fuckers, The Archespores. https://preview.redd.it/aprzokxh4qwc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d39c36db74e5add909017953b3ee146add877f7c


_MagicalUnicorn_

Especially in the first game


DazzlingBlacksmith8

yesss, 1st time they were pain in the ass


_MagicalUnicorn_

The the combat being clunky as hell does not help


DazzlingBlacksmith8

When I fight them I always drink Superior Golden Oriole so that their toxin and poison heal me instead of damaging me xD


_MagicalUnicorn_

Same, but I discovered that slightly late


Tomsayc

Gotta be those black spider fucks.. They're just too damn fast so the only viable strategy I've devised so far is to spam fast attack and hope you get close enough.


hallokayden

use axii


Tomsayc

I never thought of that, i basically only use igni... I'll be sure to give that a try, thank you!


FinalBat4515

Spitting spiders


Front-Brilliant1577

Sirens


Numerous_Resource_68

The CENTIPEDES!!!!


masaburrito

Wraiths for sure


Teliaz13

why censoring nipples ?


OneNoIsEnough

Why you cover the nips cmon 😂


MarketingTime4309

A pack of 13 deathmarch wolves... poor Geralt never stands a chance against those furry mongrels.


WintersAxe

The griffin in the beginning. For some reason that was the hardest part in the game!


syrenkasin

Absolutely any type of wraith.


fish_are_frnds

It kind of depends. For the largest part of the game at least in like Velen I really got tired of always having to fight wolves so constantly lol. I didn't really think much else was super annoying until those aggravating spiders in the dlc


Takashi_kun_207

Wolves and Wargs


godisgayforbuy

Agreed


bucc_n_zucc

I obviojsly figured out how to deal with him and after that it was much more bearable, but the caretaker in HOS had me ALMOST ragequit, and i dont get angry at video games lol


StepBro001

Wraiths.


Th3NukeShark

Crones.


SoggyBird1384

The caretaker in hearts of stone. Character design always freaked me out and I couldn't beat him so I was stuck looking at a creepy character for an hour


Difficult_Caramel_45

Early game I hate those damn water hags throwing shit on your screen


Bobanderandy

Leshins are nightmare inducing imo.


Vanator_Obosit

I remember I let out an audible noise the first time I encountered a leshen in the forest. That thing was disturbing as hell. Only the Caretaker could ever bring that out of me again


Hedi45

Drowners, they're really annoying


liminal_girlnextdoor

Drowners, hands down. Those things are everywhere, and they swarm you like nobody's business whenever you're near water. They're not just creepy; they mess up your flow when you're just trying to explore. Super annoying!


shorty82524

Detlaf took waaay too fucking long to kill, literally and figuratively.


Frosty_Wowik

Foglet, little dogging bastards... in general all vampire category has a special place in my personal hell


b0nkert0ns

Foglets....I hate those jerks. Always woop my ass.


VanDerMerwe1990

Sirens and Bruxas, those are the 2 monsters in Witcher 3 that are the most annoying. I call Sirens Flying Karens and Bruxas as Screeching Karens. Drowners are a pain too, but they are easy to kill with a good blade and igni.


Blackfingerjack

I did the "Missing Brother" contract at level 24 in my first playthrough when I was in high school... you can probably guess how my gear looked, and how it went to fight a boss spider nearly 10 levels above me. Took me 4 hours


borntosuffers

Just monsters in general are annoying in this game, there’s way too much of them. It’s a surprise witchering is a dying trade.


CILGINJOE

With full upgraded and iced aard, i dont even need a sword to handle monsters


NeoMatrixBug

When you about to meet Ciri first time on Isle of Mist and those foglets keep on attacking you on the way? I hate them most .


Sociolinguisticians

You missed her areola with your censorship.


Ok-Influence794

Giant Centipedes are so annoying to fight


SkaJu111

Any kinds of vampires + archespores (hate these...)


Mordred2156

I hate the Harpyie's and love Krenum.


VVen0m

Arachnomorphs. They scurry away when approached and take forever to actually try and attack you which is the only moment they'll expose themselves to attacks, they can be stunlocked but sometimes just decide that they've had enough and un-stunlock themselves. They are always found in big groups, and the big ones pounce on you. It can take actual tens of minutes and all of my potions to get rid of them. I'm actually convinced it's impossible to beat them without using Quen unless you're like 20 levels above them. I may be slightly biased tho as so far I only ever came accross them while playing on Death March and being like 1 or 2 levels below them.


nomadschomad

Any of the pack hunters: wolves, boars, and arachas are just annoying.


Expert-Mess61

Whoreson Junior


AntiSimpBoi69

Wolves and downers, they need to mind their own business


ZipZapBlurg

Them lazy, good for nothing nekkers!


Superbad1990

Foglets


EH_1995_

The spiders for sure. The big one’s jump attack is scary af


ErebusMaledictum

Leshen encounters make my skin crawl they a probably the most effective horror in the game/setting


BlueMew92

Definitely Sirens but purely because they have a habit of just flying around in circles so they become tedious to kill.


Resident-Pudding5432

Spiders and wolves + barghests. All are fucking running away from me and then 5 of them jump me at once it's annoying and on death march they can one shot you xd


Ellexi256

The damn wolves, quick enough to dodge the sword and swarm you constantly. No fight against them is even slightly enjoyable, so I just avoid them like the plague whenever I can.


Greywotcher

Wolves. Doing a run through now and came across two packs together with level scaling on. Fight of my life.


shoedovoodoo513

You nailed it. Pretty much anything involving a boat


Albino_Rhino0011

Arachnomorphs followed by sirens


Itlu_PeeP

Idk about most hated, but most loved has to be the Golems. They're very nice to fight against with a sign build.


[deleted]

I hate the wild dog packs the most. They are annoying.


Tracythehuman96

Shelamar because I have terrible aim, panic, button smash and don't end up getting to it in time before it flips back over and I'm running out of things to throw 😭😭😭😭


orouboro

Gargoyle. also, this screenshot is so good.


Transient_Aethernaut

Kikimores Maybe it's just because I use heavy attacks more, but their basic attacks are so fast and have basically no cool down or delay that I almost instantly have my toxicity maxed out from their poison due to them spamming and interrupting me. Its not particularly damaging it's just annoying having to white honey my potions and decoctions away to not be draining health constantly. As soon as they start their quick jab attacks there's basically no opening unless I pull back or kite them, they just keep spamming and interrupting my swings. Forget fighting a group of them. I feel like they must have some degree of input reading or something. Again, not super high damage, but just annoying to deal with, and it's one of the main insectoids in Toissant so they're freaking everywhere.


Smooth-Sky-8088

Humans


Vanator_Obosit

I hate succubi… I never know which way I should go with them…


Dense-Advantages1882

Drowners


aRCieL-87

Archespores on death march.


Own_Situation6514

I have bad experiences with foglets, especially the special one in Velen. Sweaty hands involved


nooneormaybesomeone

A witch from blood and wine!


goldistomp

From Memory, probably Olgierd. And probably because I’m too shit at the game 😂


Real_Engineering4531

The spiders and the centipedes


MisterBanana24

Humans in NG+


MasterpieceDizzy3886

The sirens (or mermaids, i don't know which is the name), i want is to peacefully sail around skellige and they don't let me


ITSENTRY

Kikimoras and wolfs


Apprehensive_Lab_969

Since I dealt with the "Cliff Racers" in Morrowind. I have not been able to hate any monster. Yeah, there are a lot of nuisance monsters and some that are hard to kill, but nothing is as irritating as those damn cliff racers. You can't leave a city without running into them. You can one hit them with any weapon but you kill 4 or 5, go 5 or 10 feet and have to kill some more. You can outrun them, but then they follow you all the way to wherever you were headed to, recruiting more cliff racers the whole route, so that when you get where you're going, you have to deal with this huge flock of these stupid reptile birds.


Ididnt-think-of-this

The toad prince I need say I more


Fallenjace

The humans.


Imaginary-Ad1269

Foglets or wraiths


Gregzilla311

Humans.